St. Mary's Convent Inter College, Prayagraj


St. Mary's Convent Inter College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, is a girls school run by the Sisters of the Congregation of Jesus in collaboration with a lay staff members. It was founded in 1866 by Mother Mary Ward for the education of girls. The Delhi and the Lucknow campuses are co-educational.
The college was founded to provide an education to all sections of society, regardless of caste, creed or financial status. The children are prepared for the ICSE Examination at the class 10 level, the ISC at the +2 level conducted by the Anglo-Indian Board of Secondary Education Delhi.
The institution, established and administered by the Christian Society, comes under articles 29 and 30 of the Indian Constitution and for Religious Jurisdiction it comes directly under the Catholic Bishop of Allahabad.
The principal of the school is Sister Jyoti CJ.The school includes the Teachers Training Center, a school for would-be-teachers. It also runs a school for underprivileged children called Asha Deep.
The motto of the school is "Hope Lightens Work".
Members of the student council are selected each year, including the Head Girl, Vice Head Girl, House Captains, House Vice Captains, Student Editor and sub-editor, USM President and vice-president, Games Captain, Games Vice Captain.

History

The history of St. Mary's Convent Inter College, Allahabad, rests on the foundation of the Congregation of Jesus by our venerable Mary Ward.

Notable alumni

Throughout its history a sizable number of alumni have become notable in various fields. Indira Gandhi, a key 20th-century stateswoman, a central figure of the Indian National Congress party, and to date the only female Prime Minister of India intermittently attended this premier institution until her matriculation in 1934. Shubha Mudgal, a well-known Indian singer of Hindustani classical music, Dr.Deepali Pant Joshi, executive director of RBI, Neelum Saran Gour, an author, translator, academic and chronicler of various facets of Allahabad city, Leema Dhar, a novelist and poet were also among them.

Lucknow

Another branch of St. Mary's is in RDSO Colony, Manak Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The principal of the school is Sr. Lissy CJ and the manager is Sr. Mariette CJ. The motto of the school is "Efforts Spell Success". Unlike the Allahabad branch, this branch happens to be a co-educational institute.
The office bearers in this branch include the Head Boy, Head Girl, House captains, Games captains, and class monitors. The class monitors of year 12 acts as the prefects of the college.